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Is it wrong to remove Confederate statues?

Removing these monuments and statues seems like white washing the past to me. There have even been significant calls to tear down the statue of Christopher Columbus in New York because of the way he treated natives. Forgetting your past, no matter how dark it is, is not the way to deal with issues today. What do you think?
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unknownpoetx · 36-40, M
DO YOU SEE ANY STATUES OF HITLER IN GERMANY? why dafuk is so hard to understand?
Ridger · 26-30, F
@unknownpoetx but there are statues of German WW2 generals like Rommel. Soldiers can be separate from politics.
unknownpoetx · 36-40, M
NO THERE AREN'T!!!! what is wrong with you? rommel was a sadistic nazi that was responsible for the genocide of millions of people!!! EDUCATE YOURSELF BEFORE YOU INSULT HUMANITY
TexChik · F
@unknownpoetx we aren't talking Hitler or the mass murder of millions , " why dafuk" are you too ignorant to see that ?
Ridger · 26-30, F
@unknownpoetx Sorry but you are wrong. There is a rather large memorial to Rommel in Heidenheim. He is also a figure who is up for debate at the moment with many prominent historians and contemporary figures defending him. Even Churchill defended him.
unknownpoetx · 36-40, M
you can go to the gas chambers too. do you know what is the meaning?
Ridger · 26-30, F
What? No more calls to educate myself and instead advocating the practice used by the people you claim to hate?
unknownpoetx · 36-40, M
I lived in germany
Ridger · 26-30, F
And your point is?
Ridger · 26-30, F
Does living in Germany excuse you from saying to someone that they should be gassed?
unknownpoetx · 36-40, M
I didn't said be gassed. you also need to learn english.
Ridger · 26-30, F
@unknownpoetx What part of "you can go to the gas chambers too" am I misunderstanding? [image deleted]
unknownpoetx · 36-40, M
go there to visit you moron. it's a memorial to the holocaust survivors. go there and learn and understand why confederate statues have no place in civilized developed countries
Ridger · 26-30, F
Assuming that was what you meant, which I don't, how does visiting a gas chamber suddenly give me a revelation about the American Civil war? I don't see the link, sorry.
unknownpoetx · 36-40, M
you don't see many things. I'm sorry about you too.
Ridger · 26-30, F
@unknownpoetx Then why don't you explain the link? Surely an enlightened person such as yourself would not withhold his superior logic from the rest of us unthinking savages?
unknownpoetx · 36-40, M
how much are you willing to pay me to be your teacher?
Ridger · 26-30, F
@unknownpoetx You were so quick to educate me before, why so reluctant now to explain to me why visiting a gas chamber would make me realize why Confederate statues have no place in civilized and developed countries?
unknownpoetx · 36-40, M
pay or go back to school
Ridger · 26-30, F
@unknownpoetx Is this how debating works? You make a wild point and then demand that your opponent pays you before explaining it to them? I'm not too sure that it is.
unknownpoetx · 36-40, M
this is not a debate. facts are not open for debate. this isn't trumpshit with alt facts. the holocaust did exist millions died. same as in civil war.
Ridger · 26-30, F
@unknownpoetx Um yes, this is a debate and please if you would be so kind, point out where I have denied that the Holocaust or the American Civil War ever happened. And then perhaps you can explain why visiting a gas chamber would make me understand why Confederate statues should not be around. I have answered your objections, maybe you could answer mine.
unknownpoetx · 36-40, M
no it's not. you can't debate facts. that's why they are facts.
Ridger · 26-30, F
@unknownpoetx Again you seem to have ignored my last post. Please tell me where I have denied facts and please help me understand your point. I have not debated any facts like the existence of the Holocaust or the Civil War but whether or not statues should be removed. It is you who brought up gas chambers, genocide and Hitler.
unknownpoetx · 36-40, M
ofc I'm ignoring you. you ignore facts. you are not worth my time. go rally with all your fellow nazis. bye
Ridger · 26-30, F
@unknownpoetx To conclude, I must point out that you have yet to counter one of my points or explain your own. You claim that I deny the Holocaust and Civil War, yet when asked repeatedly to point out where I have done this you either ignore me or make the same claim again without any evidence. You have told me to go to the gas chambers and now you have called me a Nazi. It has to be said you have behaved childishly and you seem not to be able to defend your position so therefore I must assume that your argument is either wrong or nonexistent. Bye.